The Living Beauties Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCC DDEEFF GGHHCC IIBBCC| I never knew until they went | A |
| How much their laughter really meant | A |
| I never knew how much the place | B |
| Depended on each little face | B |
| How barren home could be and drear | C |
| Without its living beauties here | C |
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| I never knew that chairs and books | D |
| Could wear such sad and solemn looks | D |
| That rooms and halls could be at night | E |
| So still and drained of all delight | E |
| This home is now but brick and board | F |
| Where bits of furniture are stored | F |
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| I used to think I loved each shelf | G |
| And room for what it was itself | G |
| And once I thought each picture fine | H |
| Because I proudly called it mine | H |
| But now I know they mean no more | C |
| Than art works hanging in a store | C |
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| Until they went away to roam | I |
| I never knew what made it home | I |
| But I have learned that all is base | B |
| However wonderful the place | B |
| And decked with costly treasures rare | C |
| Unless the living joys are there | C |
Edgar Albert Guest
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